Sheriff’s Office cracks down on reckless driving after spike in deadly crashes

NELSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) – Concerns over reckless driving in Nelson County have sparked a new wave of enforcement, and the sheriff’s office is cracking down.

Complaints have been pouring in about reckless driving in Nelson County—and deputies are targeting trouble spots along Route 151 and U.S. 29, where crashes have taken lives.

“A lot of this stems from a series of accidents that we had back in August of 2024, when we had multiple fatalities in a 6-day time stretch,” said Sheriff Mark Embrey…

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